This chapter is from Sebastian's pov and is quoted directly from the manga, chapter 5.
Italics are Sebastian's thoughts.
Chapter Five
A butler's morning begins early. He finishes his job later than anyone else in the evening, and begins it earlier than anyone else in the morning. That is the duty of a butler who manages the entirity of the manor. Sebastian stared in the mirror, fixing his tie, though something quickly caught his eye.
"My hair has gotten far too long, hasn't it..." he mused to himself, "Ahh, willing it shorter just won't do. Nothing can be done about how troublesome humanity is... Well, then. Shall we be off?"
First is the assignment of the daily tasks to the servents.
"Good morning, everyone." Sebastian greeted as he entered the room the servants were gathered in. "It is nearly time to begin. Mey Rin will service the linens, Finny will trim the trees in the gardens, and Bard will take care of the lunch preparations, please. Mr. Tanaka, please drink your tea." he stated, giving everyone their jobs.
"What about me?" Saphira asked, bringing the demon's attention to her.
"Ah, would you mind helping me?" he asked her, wanting her to be close to him, though he'd never admit it aloud.
She smiled at him, her eyes bright. "Not at all."
"Now, if you understand, please hurry to your appointed places! No slacking off!" Sebastian ordered.
Saphira watched Bard, Mey Rin, and Finny dash away with amusement, chuckling softly to herself.
Once the servants have been propelled into action, next is to prepare for awakening the head of the family, and make ready breakfast and the early morning tea. Sebastian made the tea while Saphira made the breakfast. Together, they made their way to Ciel's bed chambers where Sebastian knocked politely on the door.
"Excuse me." he said, entering. "Good morning, Young Master. It is time to wake up." He placed the tray down and opened the curtains. "Today's weather is pleasant."
"S'bright." Ciel grumbled, rolling over.
Saphira prepared the young earl a cup of tea. "Morning, Ciel."
At 12, my household's master, Ciel Phantomhive, is the head of a family who governs a vast dominion. At the same time, his is the face of the president of the Fantom Company, producer of toys and confectionaries. Through his extremely gifted management techniques, the Fantom Company grew into a giant company in the blink of an eye.
"Today's is Assam?" Ciel asked, sipping his tea.
"Just as expected from the Young Master." Sebastian said with a polite smile. "Since I heard that Assam offered fine tea leaves, I sent away for some from the place itself."
Ciel sipped at his tea, reading the newspaper. "By the way, I have invited the children from Lord Barton's orphanage here."
The wealth of the nobles is there for the sake of contributing to society. Those excess riches are given to charity to be used by the people. The noted Phantomhive family is no different, preforming volunteer sctions for the public.
"That sounds like an excellent idea. When will it be?" Sebastian asked his Young Master.
"Tomorrow.
Saphira sweatdropped.
Tomorrow? This bra- The young master. Do you think that if you leave it to me, I will be able to manage anything and everything somehow or another? You'll lay waste to your workmen with your irresponsible handling... At least I have Saphira to help me.
"Understood. No matter ow small the guest, I will not embaress the Phantomhive name by giving less than the highest quality of welcome." Sebastian bowed. "Oh, that's right. The Herend Chinoise tea set you ordered the other day has arrived."
Saphira politely turned away as the demon butler began to dress Ciel.
"Therefore, today's afternoon tea will be Keemun. Berries are in season, so I thought that the snack would be current and berry summer pudding. How does that sound?"
"I'll leave it to you."
"Understood. Then, I will begin the preparations for tomorrow at once."
Well. It's at this point that my work truly begins.
/
Blended finely-shredded high quality milk and dark couverture chocolate together with 60 degree centigrade water. Next, add in pure cream heated to the point of boiling. While stirring, let the mixture cool to body temperature before adding Cointreau. Now, pour it into the molds and-
"Kyaaaaa!"
Saphira jumped, nearly dropping the bowl of chocolate in her hands. "What the ever living fuck?!" she gasped out, trying to calm her rapidly beating heart. "Was that Mey Rin?"
Sharing a look, they both rushed to find her.
"Mey Rin? What on earth...?" Sebastian entered the laundry room and stared at the mass of bubbles everywhere.
"Mr. Sebastiannnnnnnnnnn!" Mey Rin yelled, sobbing.
"What are all these bubbles?!"
"Mey Rin, how much detergent did you use?" Saphira asked, almost dreading the answer.
"I followed the instructions on the detergent exactly! Put XXX (30) spoonfuls in, but it went all weeeeeird." Mey Rin answered.
Sebastian grabbed the box to read the instructions. "Mey Rin. This isn't XXX (30) spoonfuls. It's III (3)." he stated.
"EH?!"
This stupi... Er, this housemaid. Her eyesight is already bad, but I have a hunch that's not the problem here. Why doesn't she realize that the strange thing isn't the instructions, but her own head? I have heard that in society, the image of a clumsy maid commands a certain amount of charm, but I cannot possibly understand why. (Nor do I wish to.). I feel the slight urge to commit a murder. Snapping out of his thoughts, he was pleased to find that Saphira had already started to clean up the mess.
"Haa... I understand. In any case, please stand aside." he told Mey Rin before moving to help Saphira.
/*Some time Later* /
Once the linens were washed and hung up, Sebastian and Saphira returned to the work. Saphira hummed quietly to herself, causing a small smile to form on Sebastian's face.
Bring butter and water to a boil in a frying pan. Turn off the heat and sift in wheat flour and baking powder. With a wodden spatula, once more bring it to a simmer.
An explosion sounded from somewhere nearby. Sebastian scowled.
"What is it this time?!"
"I'll deal with it. You continue working on the chocolate. Kay?" Saphira told him with a soft, understanding smile on her face.
He nodded, feeling grateful, though he didn't show it. She kissed his cheek before leaving the room. He sighed, just knowing that Bard had once again turned the food to charcoal. That stupi... Er, the chef. I've heard his cooking rant before. I think what he creates is at least 8% charcoal, anyway. He needs to keep his artistic visions to himself and focus on creating something edible... if he doesn't... If he doesn't, it'd be best if he became charcoal as well.
"It's about time to finish up." he said, grabbing the bag of brown sugar.
Spread brown sugar on a pan and heat oven to 130 degrees and-
"Uwaah!"
The bag of brown sugar exploded.
/
"This time... it's you, is it..." Sebastian sighed as Finny clung to him.
"Uwaaaah, Mr. Sebastiaaaaaan!"
"If you're crying, I won't be able to understand you. What's wrong?"
/*couple minutes later*/
If this continues, I really will commit murder...
"I thought you were supposed to trim the branches, but... This lawn is..." Completely destroyed.
"I forgot that the herbicide dispenser has been broken since the other day! I'm so sorry!" Finny cried.
This stupi... this idiot! Despite the fact that he's the gardener, he's this clumsy? It's said that even an idiot can use a pair of scissors, but an idiot using scissors can be a problem, too. For instance, he said it happened 'the other day,' which you'd expect to mean two or three days earlier, so how can he have already made a mistake and forgotted it? I am remembering what it's like to be very deeply angry. Where is Saphira when I need her?
Sebastian sighed. "If it's already come to this, there's nothing I can do about it. Go to the garden store and buy some trees."
"What kind of trees?"
"You are the gardener, so the design of the garden is up to you. Buy whatever you think is best." the demon told the blonde.
Finny's eyes glittered. "Then, then, I want to build a garden that's like a transformer robot!"
Though I have lived for a very long time, this is the first time I have ever met an alien. What kind of a switch is glittering, smiling face?
"Mr. Sebastian? You don't want to make the young master angry, so please just hand over the money. It's bad to space out like that!" Finny said with a beaming smile.
Handing him the money, Sebastian watched him skip off. I must stop socializing with them. At this time... I want to see her. Her supple body, flowing black hair. Her strong-willed eyes that glitter like amber. I must hurry to the place where she waits.
"Sebastian."
The demon paused in his running and turned to see Saphira. His eyes widened when he saw what was in her arms. There she was. Lady. Saphira smiled at him.
"I know you've been busy today and the others have been stressing you out, so I decided to find this little cutie and bring her to you. I've already feed her, too." the red head told him, rubbing her cheek against the cat's. "She's so adorable!" She held Lady out to him.
I could kiss you, Saphira. He took the cat and nuzzled her. Cats are good. They don't talk about unnecessary things (or do them). They're cuter than anything else. They are something that my world does not have.
"Aah, you hand is so tender," he said, rubbing the cat's paw, the cat purring as she cuddled into the demon. "I wish i could remain like this forever." He let out a sigh and set Lady down. "But sadly, I must be leaving. I will be awaiting tomorrow."
Saphira giggled as they headed back to the manor. "You two were so cute."
/
"Really, now." Sebastian sighed, studying his and Saphira's work. "There have been a great many hindrances, but this is about it."
"Maybe we can relax now. I don't know about you, but I could go for a nice long bath." Saphira stated, stretching.
At that moment, Bard, Finny, and Mey Rin burst into the room. "Mr. Sebastiaaaaaaan! Saphiraaaaa!"
"Yes? What is it this time?" Sebastian asked the trio, a tired look on his face.
The trio froze as they stared. The dinning hall had been transformed into a candy wonderland with large chocolate sculptures and many different kinds of sweets set up on the tables.
"Amazing! It's chocolate!" Finny said cheerfully.
"So you left all the work to us and did this?" Bard asked.
Saphira promptly smacked him upside the head. "Don't start, Bard."
"Tomorrow, it seems that there will be children coming to the manor. Saphira and I did this for them."
"That's large scale for brats," Bard muttered.
"Just as expected from Mr. Sebastian and Miss saphira!" Mey Rin gushed.
"But, what kind of a staatue is this?" Finny asked, staring up at the chocolate piece of art.
"What do you mean? It's the rowdy earl that you li-"
"What happened to his head?!" Saphira's eyes widened.
"My minutely detailed model... the earl's neck.." he shot the trio as very dark, accusing glare.
"Hey, hey! We've been doing our jobs until now, right?" Bard said.
"That's right! There's no way we could've stolen it!" Mey Rin continued while Finny frantically nodded in agreement.
"Which means," Sebastian started to run off.
Mr. Tanaka!
He stopped suddenly and his eyes widened as he checked the time. "Oh no! It's time for afternoon tea! I will take care of the preparations, so everyone, please continue searching for Mr. Tanaka to the best of your ability!"
Sebastian prepared the tea as quickly as he could and near ran to the young master's study. Leaving it to the servants alone makes me nervous. I must hurry back.
"Pardon me." He opened the door to the study. He stilled when he saw the chocolate head on the desk and his young master asleep. He sweatdropped. "Honestly, this person," He walked over and closed the window. "With the window open, too. While it's true that I'm here, isn't that leaving yourself too defenseless?"
Servants who cannot be helped, a selfish master... Being a butler isn't easy. Though, it has gotten a bit easier since Saphira's arrival... But I do not think this lifestyle is all bad.
"Young Master! Please wake up! I've told you before that you must not steal food!"
"Huh?!"
I'm thinking of having Joker and Saphira really hit it off and their interactions get Ciel and Sebastian jealous :)